§ 109-19. Special provisions.

Outdoor advertising signs and billboards. In all districts where permitted, billboards shall be set back from the proposed right-of-way line of any state of federal highway, any major thoroughfare so designated by resolution of the council, and from the right-of-way line of any street or highway, at least as far as the required front yard depth for a principal building use in such districts, however, the setback of any outdoor advertising sign or billboard (not including, however, business identification and directional and other incidental signs otherwise permitted under the provisions of this chapter on corner lots, in the triangle formed by the lines of the streets intersecting at an angle of less than 60 degrees and a line jointing parts of such lines 100 feet distant from their point of intersection, no outdoor advertising sign or billboard shall be permitted. No such sign or billboard shall be permitted which faces the front or side lot line of any lot in any R district used for residential purposes within 100 feet of such lot lines, or which faces any public parkway, public square or entrance to any public park, public or parochial school, church, cemetery, or similar institution, within 300 feet thereof.

(Prior Code, § 121.19)